lacrima

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.kri.ma/

Noun

lacrima (plural lacrimas)

1. tear (from the eye, usually due to crying)

Etymology

From Latin lācrima, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Pronunciation

• làcrima, IPA^(key): /ˈlakrima/

Noun

lacrima f (plural lacrime)

1. tear (drop of fluid secreted from the eyes)

Verb

lacrima

1. third-person singular present indicative of lacrimare
2. second-person singular imperative of lacrimare

Anagrams

• calarmi

Alternative forms

• dacrima (archaic)
• lacruma
• lachryma
• lacryma

Etymology

From Old Latin lacruma, dacrima, dacruma, from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-, from earlier compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (“eye bitter”). Cognates include Sanskrit अश्रु (aśru), Ancient Greek δάκρυον (dákruon) and Old English tēar (English tear).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.kri.ma/, [ˈɫa.krɪ.ma]

Noun

lacrima f (genitive lacrimae); first declension

1. a tear (drop of liquid from crying)

   Lacrimae arma feminae sunt.

   Tears are the weapons of a woman.

   Lacrimae quoque arma viri sunt.

   Tears are also the weapons of a man.

References

• lacrima in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lacrima in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lacrima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lacrima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to burst into a flood of tears: lacrimas, vim lacrimarum effundere, profundere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be bathed in tears: in lacrimas effundi or lacrimis perfundi
    
  • with tears in one's eyes: lacrimis obortis
    
  • with many tears: multis cum lacrimis
    
  • to be unable to speak for emotion: prae lacrimis loqui non posse
    
  • hence these tears; there's the rub: hinc illae lacrimae (proverb.) (Ter. And. 1. 1. 99; Cael. 25. 61)
    
  • crocodiles' tears: lacrimae simulatae
    
  • (ambiguous) to burst into a flood of tears: lacrimas, vim lacrimarum effundere, profundere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be bathed in tears: in lacrimas effundi or lacrimis perfundi
    
  • (ambiguous) to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: lacrimas tenere non posse
    
  • (ambiguous) to move to tears: lacrimas or fletum alicui movere
    
  • (ambiguous) to find relief in tears: dolorem in lacrimas effundere
    

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈla.kri.ma]

Noun

lacrima f

1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of lacrimă.

Verb

lacrima

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of lacrimar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of lacrimar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of lacrimar.